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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-10-077823
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100816
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100816
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100816

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICAN EXPRESS CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000004962
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FINANCE SERVICES [6199]
		IRS NUMBER:				134922250
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07657
		FILM NUMBER:		101018302

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 VESEY STREET
		STREET 2:		50TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10285
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2126402000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 VESEY STREET
		STREET 2:		50TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10285
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the<BR>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August&nbsp;16, 2010</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY</B>
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">New York
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">13-4922250</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">or organization)</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="center">200 Vesey Street, World Financial Center<BR></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (212)&nbsp;640-2000</DIV>



<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="FONT-size: 3pt; margin-top: 1pt; width: 50%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">American Express Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) is hereby furnishing below delinquency and write-off
statistics for the lending portfolio of its U.S. Card Services (&#147;USCS&#148;) operating segment for the
months ended May&nbsp;31, June&nbsp;30 and July&nbsp;31, 2010.</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">
<B>American Express Company<BR>

U.S. Card Services<BR>

Delinquency and Write-off Rate Statistics</B></DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As of and for the months ended May&nbsp;31, June&nbsp;30 and July&nbsp;31, 2010</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(Billions, except percentages)</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>May 31,</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>June 30,</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>July 31,</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Cardmember lending:</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Total Loans</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">49.5</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">49.0</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">49.0</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><B>30&nbsp;days past due loans as a % of total</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2.9</TD>
    <TD nowrap>%</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2.7</TD>
    <TD nowrap>%</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2.6</TD>
    <TD nowrap>%</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Average loans</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">49.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">49.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">49.0</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Net write-off rate</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">6.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap>%</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">5.7</TD>
    <TD nowrap>%</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">5.5</TD>
    <TD nowrap>%</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Note</U>: The statistics presented above are based on the USCS operating segment&#146;s total
portfolio of cardmember loans determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles, which includes all securitized and non-securitized cardmember loans.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The statistics presented above provide information that is additional to the data reported by the
American Express Credit Account Master Trust (the &#147;Lending Trust&#148;) in its monthly Form 10-D report
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;). The cardmember loans that
have been securitized through the Lending Trust do not possess identical characteristics with those
of the total portfolio of USCS loans, which reflects the aggregate of securitized and
non-securitized loans. Thus, the reported credit performance of the Lending Trust may, on a
month-to-month basis, be better or worse than the credit performance of the total portfolio.
Reported differences may arise as a result of, among other things, differences in the mix and
vintage of loans between the Lending Trust and the total portfolio (including, among other things,
the larger proportion of small business loans in the non-securitized portion of the total
portfolio), the number of days in the reporting period covered by the Form 10-D being filed by the
Lending Trust, the use of end-of-period principal loan balances to calculate write-off statistics
in the Lending Trust compared to the use of average loan balances over the reporting period used in
the total portfolio statistics, as well as other mechanics of the calculation for the total
portfolio net write-off rate, which is impacted by the additions, issuances and maturities relating
to the securitization trust within a particular period. In addition, the reporting period for the
total portfolio is based on a calendar month, as compared to the reporting period covered by the
Form 10-D reports for the Lending Trust, which is generally based on a monthly period beginning on
or around the 25th day of each calendar month.</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Set forth below is certain information regarding the credit performance of the Lending Trust for
its three most recent monthly reporting periods, as reported in its Form 10-D report filed with
respect to each such period.</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>American Express Credit Account Master Trust</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(Billions, except percentages)</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Apr. 24, 2010</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>May 26, 2010</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>June 25, 2010</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>through</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>through</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>through</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>May 25, 2010</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>June 24, 2010</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Ending total principal balance</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">32.7</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">32.4</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">32.4</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Defaulted amount,
net of recoveries</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">0.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">0.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">0.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Annualized default rate,
net of recoveries</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">6.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap>%</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">5.9</TD>
    <TD nowrap>%</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">5.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap>%</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Total 30&#043; days delinquent</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1.0</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">0.9</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">0.9</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY<BR>
(REGISTRANT)<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">                                              /s/ Carol V. Schwartz
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    <TD align="left">Carol V. Schwartz&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Date: August&nbsp;16, 2010
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